| Description |
1 online resource (x, 358 pages) |
| Series |
IJS studies in Judaica, 1570-1581 ; v. 7 |
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IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part One -- From the Welfare of the Body to the Welfare of the Soul: Medicine, Law, and Liturgy -- Chapter 1 -- Critical Remarks on Medical Authorities: Maimonides' Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms -- Chapter 2 -- Dissemination of Maimonides' Medical Writings in the Middle Ages -- Chapter 3 -- Maimonides' Contribution to Women's Healthcare and His Influence on the Hebrew Gynaecological Corpus -- Chapter 4 -- The Structure of Mishneh Torah -- Chapter 5 -- Maimonides on the Prayers -- Part Two -- From Cairo to Crown Heights: Interpreting Maimonides in the East and in the West -- Chapter 6 -- Maimonides8212;Father and Son: Continuity and Change -- Chapter 7 -- Abraham Maimuni's Prayer Reforms: Continuation or Revision of His Father's Teachings? -- Chapter 8 -- Sharh13; al-Dalala: A Commentary to Maimonides' Guide from Fourteenth-Century Yemen -- Chapter 9 -- From Maimonides to Samuel ibn Tibbon: Interpreting Judaism as a Philosophical Religion -- Chapter 10 -- Ahabah ba-Ta'anugim: A Fourteenth-Century Maimonidean Encyclopedia -- Chapter 11 -- Late Medieval Jewish Writers on Maimonides -- Chapter 12 -- Maimonides' Disputed Legacy -- Chapter 13 -- The Image of Maimonides in Habad Hasidism -- Chapter 14 -- Anthropomorphisms in Early Rabbinic Literature: Maimonides and Modern Scholarship -- Index of Names |
| Summary |
This volume sheds new light on Maimonidesa (TM) work in medicine, Jewish law, and liturgy, and on how his philosophy was read, misread, and creatively reinvented in a wide range of contexts from the 13th century to the present |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
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| SUBJECT |
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fraenkel, Carlos, 1971-
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| ISBN |
9789047426790 |
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9047426797 |
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1282603132 |
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9781282603134 |
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